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单词 reverent
释义
reverentrev‧e‧rent /ˈrevərənt/ adjective formal Word Origin
WORD ORIGINreverent
Origin:
1300-1400 Latin present participle of revereri; REVERE
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Jacobs' tone becomes reverent when he speaks of Salzer.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • A prince is only given meaning by the reverent gaze of others.
  • Long, reverent newspaper obituaries were produced.
  • Our goal is to find a third way, both reverent and free.
  • They called him Uncle, their attitude reverent yet familiar.
  • We are aware that these reunions are in some way historic; for a few seconds we are almost reverent.
  • What little they spoke was in the specially reverent voice reserved by the middle classes for times of bereavement.
  • Whispered in reverent and regretful tones, the rumors had been floating for the past few weeks that her condition had worsened.
  • Yet beneath their glowing and reverent portrayal, there seemed to lurk another Abu Kamal.
showing a lot of respect and admiration OPP  irreverent:  a hushed reverent voicereverently adverb
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